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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Kyiv

Ukraine wants its people back – but first it needs glass for broken windows

Police officers document the war crimes of the Russian army in the village of Shevchenkove, Ukraine, in front of a building with broken  windows.
Police officers document the war crimes of the Russian army in the village of Shevchenkove, Ukraine. Photograph: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy

The village of Shevchenkove wants its villagers back. There is one significant problem: very many of its buildings do not have windows.

From the early days of the war, up until November last year when the Russian forces were pushed over to the other side of the Dnipro River, Shevchenkove and its surrounding hamlets in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson were on the frontline.

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